southpawgirl

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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Programmers (me included) are intrigued with psychopathy: we like the idea of pure thought, unencumbered by guilt, untainted by emotions, conventions and niceties. But paradoxically we overromanticise it in the process: I am pretty sure tha
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I've been Angry Gal too, but only for about two weeks - then I recognised the poor 'cultural fit' that I was being (my bad, I should have never taken the job in the first place) and I left for greener and more congenial pastu
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
> "Cultural Fit" is always toxic You clearly never had to put up with The Angry Guy. Cultural fit, I agree, it's a catchall term that covers everything from blatant aesthetic discrimination to merciful removal of toxic cha
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I've never worked in a very small company, but I've been working in very small teams. While claiming a 'culture clash' seems pretty much of a copt-out from the employer's part, it's true that one single person
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Ok, fine then :) I admit I've never met anyone so genuinely enthusiastic about pair programming, so it sounds unusual to me.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I don't see the two practices as antithetical: complex features with a lot of potential pitfalls take advantage from pair programming; code reviews are perfect for BAU tasks. I am a bit suspicious of the ecstatic tone that the author h
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Has Delicious failed? It might not be flavour of the month anymore (since a long long time), and I don't know anyone who uses its social features. But as a way to quickly access my bookmarks from any device, it still has a job and it d
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
I am not sure about the implausibility you mention. "There are worlds who are simulations" !== "Most / all worlds are simulations". The second assumption is possible but by no means implied by the first. If we could
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Very nice story indeed :D In the story, the characters talk about nested levels of simulation and how slightly disheartening is to know that they are not in the top layer, therefore not "real". Afai(!)k, there might as well not b
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
The brain in a vat that you predict in a couple of decades could be a brain in a vat that thinks they have put a brain in a vat. This type of assumption is _not_ falsifiable (like $deity existence and so on) therefore open to speculation, b
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Programmer here. I've been in two places like that. One relied on its reputation to leverage and squeeze people to the last drop; the other, more realistically maybe, just paid a lot and expected a great deal of work and a constant dis
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
It can be really unappealing to deal with an existing codebase which contains whimsical choices, and ideally a team should have a turnover low enough to ensure continuity and consistency of coding style. And to overwork people it's har
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Burnout and tunnel vision would certainly ensue in the medium term; or someone external would intervene and snatch the programmer from you, by proposing them a better deal. It can still serve you well, depending on the market you're in
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
"I am going to write an app that allows the user to send pictures to their contacts!" I guess one must have a fair bit of userbase karma + mystique to successfully reinvent the wheel, to make a funnier-to-use wheel that actually g
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
vs email attachment
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
True. I'd also moot a programming language for left-handed people. What the heck, a programming language for left-handed people who had a difficult childhood. Or a goth period during their teenager years. Or who are Scottish nationalis
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Hmm - what about researching how would be a programming language for black people? For lesbians? Does that makes you comfortable?
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Do we really need a genderised programming language? As a female programmer, I don't feel discriminated by current programming styles - I think they fit my brain as well as anyone else's. I am afraid of positive discrimination whi
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Isn't $299 a year a lot of money? Here in London the major supermarkets have time slots where they deliver for free (typically late in the evening), but even a prime time delivery, let's say, Sunday morning, costs no more than £5.
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by southpawgirl 13y ago
Sorry for the author's sister, but it's kinda reassuring to know that even Google's CEO won't tamper with the results algorithm. Which might or might not be fair, but still...